Spomenik: Monument of Resistance and Freedom, part of Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia. Socialist memorial in the former Yugoslavia.
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Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex
Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Also called Memorial ‘Samarsko Zname’, completed in 1977.
Monument to Courage
Spomenik: Monument to Courage in Ostra, Serbia. Alternative name: Monument to the Fallen Soldiers of the Čačak Partisan Detachment. Former Yugoslavia.
Karaburma Housing Tower
Karaburma Housing Tower (the Toblerone) in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1963. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in former Yugoslavia.
Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Skopje, North Macedonia. Completed in 1974. Brutalist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
Municipality Hall
Municipality Hall in Ruse, Bulgaria. Completed 1983. Brutalist, Socialist-era architecture in the former Eastern Bloc (Balkans).
Freedom Monument
Freedom Monument in Ulcinj, Montenegro. Spomenik completed in 1985 to commemorate World War II victims in the former Yugoslavia.
Bells Monument
Bells Monument in Sofia, Bulgaria. Also known as the Banner of Peace. Completed in 1979; Socialist monument in the former Eastern Bloc.
Naselje (Settlement) Đuro Đaković, Ciglane
Ciglane district in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Socialist-era apartment buildings constructed from 1966 to 1985. Brutalist architecture.
Home of Revolution
Home of Revolution in Nikšić, Montenegro. Constructed in 1976 but never completed. Also known as Dom Revolucije and House of Revolution.
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, Serbia. Completed in 1973. Modernist, Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.
House of Culture
The House of Culture in Knjazevac, Serbia was constructed between 1977 and 1981. A good example of Socialist architecture in the former Yugoslavia.